Pointer Sisters, the

Pointer Sisters, the

▪ American vocal group
      American vocal group that scored a string of pop, dance, and urban contemporary (urban contemporary music) hits in the 1970s and '80s. The sisters were Ruth Pointer (b. March 19, 1946, Oakland, Calif., U.S.), Anita Pointer (b. Jan. 23, 1948, Oakland, Calif.), Bonnie Pointer (b. July 11, 1950, Oakland, Calif.), and June Pointer (b. Nov. 30, 1953, Oakland, Calif.—d. April 11, 2006, Santa Monica, Calif.).

      The group, which initially consisted only of Bonnie and June, began with a series of successful appearances at San Francisco nightclubs in the late 1960s. By 1972 sisters Anita and Ruth had made it a quartet, and the group had been signed to a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Their debut album, The Pointer Sisters (1973), spawned their first hit song, "Yes We Can Can." The group went on to collect the Grammy Award for best country vocal for the crossover hit "Fairytale" (1974), making them the first African American act to win that category. Drawing equally from the gospel (gospel music) sound of the Staple Singers (Staple Singers, the) and the disco rhythms of Donna Summer (Summer, Donna), the Pointer Sisters became the model of the post- Motown girl group (girl groups). Their high point came with the 1983 release Break Out. The triple-platinum album produced a string of hits, and the Pointers collected Grammys for the singles "Automatic" and "Jump (for My Love)." While each of the sisters experimented with solo careers, none of them achieved success comparable to that of the group, and they faded from the spotlight in the early 1990s.

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